Super clean issue 🛀 #112

Welcome to a brighter, GDPR world ☀️. You’ll be pleased to learn that this issue is fully compliant (check the great work that Martijn and the team have been doing behind the scenes).

I know not all the audience here is from the EU, so just to briefly explain - there’s a new regulation where data collection has to be super transparent. In this example of this newsletter, you know what you’re getting (weekly insights), I haven’t done any list harvesting or bulk importing and you’re welcome to leave at any time. Also - Revue have now added the ability that your data can be completely deleted at any point - because it is your data.

Anyway,

Fun times always. Looking at growing this channel in the most human way possible - by offering as much value as possible, asking for nothing in return.

Hope you have an awesome weekend and thank you for supporting this issue,

- Ross

Note: In the spirit of offering as much as I can in a personal way, I’ve started collecting my opinions on design and business in a weekly podcast on Anchor. It’s super rough, but might be super good: https://anchor.fm/rosschapman

Espresso went off the boil for me a while back. I’ve been using Atom recently as a code editor and Espresso and Coda didn’t really hit it with me. Looks like prototyping apps are growing, and talent being pulled into not just the product, but how the product is made. Design tools are getting better designed!

I ran a poll recently on Facebook asking what the blockers were to user testing frequently. The number 1 reason was “we don’t have time.” I’ve been client-side myself for many years and understand the hesitation by many decision makers within businesses. Great opportunity for agencies to offer it in an easy to understand way - right?!

I’ve been pumping out more content on my cycling-only Instagram account and it’s working. 800 and rising. As with most things I do, it’s an experiment. 1 or 2 photos per day, the right hashtags. Next, I’ll move to better quality photos. All part of Doing, then Learning.